The soldier artists that walk ahead of the army. An army with manifestos, social commentary, crossing boundaries, radical subject matter, re-framing compositions and destruction as a weapon. Anti-object, egalitarian and crudely made, never elitist. Unscripted, ad-hoc 'happenings' involving the audience. Activities performed to music, blurring the...
Caught contemplating at the small Passage Tomb at Knockbride, Cavan Neolithic Art (dating back over 5000 years), particularly the symbolism in mark making and their sculptural forms hold a huge fascination for me as an artist. As a teen I rambled through many field in search...
These photos were taken of crumpled wax papers back lit using a red light. in my call with Sally I sought her help and feedback as I was feeling rather lost with the framing. These images excited me, they captured the notion of nerves under...
In this series of photos I played with focus and depth of field to blur and obscure areas of the frame. Words form the letter. Drawn lines shattered, puckered and crushed like the shale rock where I live. The letter, like a map of a...
Connections come at strange moments. Timing has always intrigued me, why today and not yesterday? (19/11/18) I dug out a letter, written by my birth mother to Sr. Assumpta in Bessborough in 1974. It was dated 6th November 1974. I wanted to use this in my...
So it's Saturday night, time to kick back and relax with your husband on the bank holiday...
Gordon Matta-Clark 'Splitting 9' 1977 Photograph 20.3 x 25.4cm The last few days involved taking photos, list making, experimenting and researching imagery around fracture. This postcard hangs in my studio. Fractured place Fractured Map 1 Experiment with red thread Experiment with red thread I played with paper, using maps, thread and...
Thread drawing in notebook I wrote the following on the 27th Sept in my notebook: The fracture has always been the beginning. Days in November after Joan. Fracture widens and by December Joan is Susan. And that was how it was for 40 years, and then the...
Success is a good make. An original thought resolved visually over a series of stages. A stranger connecting with an exhibited piece independently, maybe resulting in a sale. Critical and constructive feedback from peers. It nearly never is a finished piece, it’s a feeling that...
The wind woke me early and I was happy to grab 30 minutes in the art room to jot down a few thoughts on 'the grid project' (must do a separate post on this) before having to rouse the house to get up for school. I've...